[Goanet-News] When crossing from Goa to India needed a visa
BOOK EXCERPT: When crossing from Goa to India needed a visa [John Menezes] As New Delhi intensified pressure on Lisbon in the 1950s to hand over its territories in Portuguese India, Goans on the move had to surmount all sorts of bureaucratic hurdles. http://scroll.in/article/665390/When-crossing-from-Goa-to-India-needed-a-visa -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in
[Goanet-News] Goanet Reader: Trailing the Tongue (Wendell Rodricks)
TRAILING THE TONGUE By Wendell Rodricks wendellrodri...@gmail.com The mango groves stretch for miles along the coast. In the hot, humid month of May, Maharashtra sizzles on the Deccan plateau. But here, near the sea, in Ratnagiri, a cool breeze blows the luscious perfume of the world's best mango, the Alphonso, through the palms and well tended orchards. Then suddenly, wafting on the wind, I hear it. The lilting melodious sound of my ancestral language. Yes, it is Konkani indeed. There are few local words that I do not understand. I speak to the man in my native tongue. He is a Konkan Brahmin, he tells me. And his dialect of Konkani is called Chintapawani. We bond in an ancient brotherhood of the Konkan coast. It happens to me everywhere on this coastal strip. Further South, the people of Malvan speak Malvani, Goans speak Gomantaki, Tipu Sultan's influence has resulted in Konkani with Urdu words in places as far flung as Mysore, Coorg, Srirangapatna and even in Calicut, I was astonished to hear Konkani in a jewellery shop. There were some Malayalam and Tulu words thrown in. The owner recognised me and spoke in Konkani at length. How his family left Goa twice...in the 13th century fleeing the forces of Alauddin Khilji and later escaping the horrors of the Portuguese Inquisition in 1560. There have been Konkan people here always. Before the Malabar coast, this was the Konkan coast. Surely, he was misinformed? I had never heard of this. But let me take you home for lunch and share more about our common lineage. Over lunch that comprised steamed red rice, a fish curry and local pickle, I realised that it was not just language but food that was also common. So I set about discovering the Konkan coast... with my tongue. Through language and food. Dr. Krishnanand Kamat, has a website that recounts the history of the Konkan. The seven kingdoms of the Konkan, as per Hindu mythology, mentioned in the Hindu history of Kashmir, included the entire west coast of India. The Pandavas of the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna, the Goddess Durga and later the Mauryas, the Marathas, the Muslims from the plateau and the Portuguese arrived on the coast. Due to the pious nature of the people this strip of land by the sea has many temples with people faithful to 'their' temple Gods. Annual pilgrimages all over the Konkan are common and the events surrounding them colourful and festive. The capital of the Konkan is supposedly Chandrapur. Is this the present village of Chandor in Goa? The Konkan coast may have vanished today, but the Konkani language lives on. You can hear it in Karwar, Ankola and Kumta-Honavar. Away from the Mangalore coast, in the valley of Siddapur, I attended a wedding where villagers from far and wide spoke fluent Konkani. The Nawayatis of Bhatkal speak melodiously with Persian words. This did not surprise me. In Goa, the famous Chapora fort area was occupied by Persians. The ancient name was Shahpura, the town of the Shah of Persia. I settle down to a breakfast in Karnataka with a Konkani family. Steaming 'undi' rice balls flavoured with ginger, curry leaf, chilli and coconut appear. They have a delicious sweetness as well. Is it local molasses? This addition of a sweet ingredient in savoury or spicy dishes is popular from Gujarat to Kerala. There are other commonalities. The simple broths made with lentils, the humble dishes using local bananas, rice and vegetables. Here, in what was once Canara, a region of the Konkan, sour Ambat and fiery Prawn Gassi find common ground with the hot and sour Ambotik shark curry and the spicy Portuguese influenced pork vindaloo of Goa. Rice is a staple. It is powdered, ground to a paste, steamed, fried or cooked as is. The neer dosas, the idlis, the sannas, all rice preparations, grace most Konkani tables in their various avatars. Fruits like bananas, jackfruits, cashew nut, mango and sour kokum flavour dishes in numerous ways. Mangoes are eaten raw in water pickles, ripe as dessert and sun dried when raw as a souring ingredient. With a limited range of spices such as turmeric, asafoetida, cumin, mustard, fenugreek, chilli and pepper a wondrous array of Konkani cuisine has evolved over the years. Local ingredients are abundant due to the landscape that permit agriculture during the torrential rains that lash the coast in the monsoon and the fertile earth that makes it easy to grow crops. On my trail of the tongue for language and food, I discovered a rare natural phenomenon. Along the entire Konkani coast, near the ocean and on islands in the Arabian Sea, there are natural spring wells with fresh water. While in Arambol, Goa, a fresh water lake almost touches the ocean, the Fort Aguada derives its name from this natural wonder.
[Goanet] IS FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN JEOPARDY?
Over the last few years every little hike in diesel and petrol prices was splashed as front page news. Surprisingly Narendra Modi government’s last night’s hike of diesel rates by 50 paisa a litre has conspicuously not been highlighted in most of the newspapers. Of recent we have witnessed most of the fourth estate Modi-fied, but does it today only confirm that the press is indeed being controlled, managed and muzzled? A free press being a central component of a healthy democracy, if the very Freedom of press is in peril it does not augur well for the world’s biggest democracy. Thomas Jefferson had said “Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe”, he had also said “The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by a despotic government” Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
[Goanet] Press Note in Devu Chodankar Facebook matter.
Sir, Mr. Devu Chodankar will appear before the Investigating Authorities of the Cyber Crime Cell, Ribandar on Monday 2nd June 2014, at 11:00 am regarding the FIR filed against him in connection with a Facebook post. Being a law abiding citizen, he will extend all cooperation to the investigating authorities regarding this matter. He has complete faith in the Constitution of India and in the Democratic principles ingrained therein and will abide by the same. He is looking forward to a positive resolution of the matter at hand. Adv Jatin Naik (Lawyer for Devu Chodankar)
[Goanet] My SAUDADES cntd. on O HERALDO today
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Re: [Goanet] No Goan Canecos in British East Africa (Response by Rose Fernandes to Eddie Fernandes)
-Original Message- From: Rose Fernandes 1. Kenya Gazette 28 March 1950 – Government Notice 333 under Appointments - looks like Gerard Montfort Bess was appointed District Commissioner, Marsabit, District ... 2. Kenya Gazette – 17 October 1950 - Government Notice 1131 – Wyndham Albert Wild looks like he was District Officer, Mackinnon Road, Terta District, Coast Province RESPONSE: Rose, So you have found a typo in the book. 1955 instead of 1950. Does it make any material difference? Since it is the nit-picking season, 1. You mentioned Gerard Montfort Bess instead of Gerard Montfort Bebb 2. You mentioned Terta District, Coast Province. You lived in the Coast Province so where is the Terta District? Little wonder Melvyn says, Goans don't tell the right story Since it has been claimed that that your review of Selma’s exhibition was meant to be sardonic. Does this also apply to the final sentence of your review which reads: “Well done and congratulations to Selma and the rest of the team for an uplifting insight” And does the smile you displayed in the photograph (http://bit.ly/13NyPJ0 ) at the event also a sardonic one? Please, instead of getting your new best friend to write on your behalf, can we have the answer from the horse’s mouth? Eddie Fernandes
[Goanet] Goa news for June 1, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** AirAsia India to launch maiden flight from Bangalore to Goa for Rs 990 - Firstpost ffers-rs990-fare-for-maiden-bangaloregoa-flight/article6067082.eceAirAsia offers Rs.990 fare for maiden Bangalore-Goa flight http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGl3LzA5H0_RV3cWslh-Mov8XiwGgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778519633290ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://www.firstpost.com/india/airasia-india-to-launch-maiden-flight-from-bangalore-to-goa-for-rs-990-1550127.html *** Soon, luxury train to Goa from Mumbai - Times of India tandard.com/article/pti-stories/union-tourism-ministry-proposes-fast-train-between-mumbai-goa-114053001803_1.htmlUnion tourism ministry proposes fast train between Mumbai-Goa http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFDiHrhu6gxm0UWKw7H0Ie1OsBxlwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778516683916ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Soon-luxury-train-to-Goa-from-Mumbai/articleshow/35799300.cms *** Prime Minister Narendra Modi Greets People of Goa on Statehood Day - NDTV TVPrime Minister Narendra Modi Greets People of Goa on Statehood Day. @PMOIndia Twitter handle is now active on the social media website. New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday greeted the people of Goa on their statehood day on Twitter. http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNEmoUQ7mhmu0gMvcvPB2r8y2xahOgclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778520708984ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/prime-minister-narendra-modi-greets-people-of-goa-on-statehood-day-533298 *** Will ensure resumption of mining in Goa: MoEF Javadekar - Firstpost ear-old mining ban in Goa, mining is unlikely to start in the immediate future. While the state government has to draft a mining policy and grant leases afresh, the MoEF will also play a major role ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNH9aGhA5VAjvXIuomJF2sldM-6v-gclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778521031513ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/will-ensure-resumption-of-mining-in-goa-moef-javadekar-1551333.html *** Goa mining industry should restart soon to save jobs: Experts - Economic Times X0xXX1f39m2GQ0zb7U0Mll2Qclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778521040168ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bg http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHeW6i9wwK6qh0Jm0dG7JmdCPKUjQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778521040168ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/indl-goods/svs/metals-mining/goa-mining-industry-should-restart-soon-to-save-jobs-experts/articleshow/35791900.cms *** IT firm Persistent Systems expands Goa centre - Economic Times ndia operations and with the latest expansion, the share is likely to grow further. The Pune-based company, which specialises in software product ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNF95cUqc-ITSQlRkurW4QPQegQHjwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778521798684ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/it-firm-persistent-systems-expands-goa-centre/articleshow/35833793.cms *** Sports Authority of Goa to crack whip on erring state associations - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: Several associations, including the influential Goa Football Association, who do not conform to the Right to Information Act could see their privileges, including grants, being stripped off by the Sports Authority of Goa. The SAG has been ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHIp2YurBDmx_66qyX2FWARIATFwwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778522492014ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Sports-Authority-of-Goa-to-crack-whip-on-erring-state-associations/articleshow/35860479.cms *** Naik should solve airport crisis: Travel and Tourism Association of Goa - Times of India mes of IndiaPreparing for their first meeting with the minister on Sunday, management of the Travel and Tourism Association of Goa will urge Naik to address the poor infrastructure and shoddy services that air passengers are smacked with at Dabolim airport's new ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGmqmN39aVqvZL8EwkypCCwxnUX8wclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778522688283ei=_GWKU7CKIYTzggeNq4H4Bgurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Goa/Naik-should-solve-airport-crisis-Travel-and-Tourism-Association-of-Goa/articleshow/35861479.cms *** AirAsia India's maiden flight to Goa - New Straits Times w Straits TimesNEW DELHI: AirAsia India, which is finally taking off after much delay from its initial planned timeframe, is definitely in party mode as its maiden flight would be to Goa, a former Portuguese province. The first flight would take off on June 12 from ...a class=
[Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Fogotteank Uzo Laitana Sintidan Laicho
Fogotteank Uzo Laitana Sintidan Laicho Fogotteo marinastana kosloi somorombh amchea Gõyant zaina. Festam-kazram ani her somorombh gonngonnant kortolo zalear fogotteanchi poili goroz. Fogotteancho avaz zalea xivay tea-tea fugsavank dom disonam. Zolmolea balkachem yenem fogotteamni suru zata. Naka sokoilem ghonntole, ganvantle konnanchea ghorant kosle kharanank lagon fogotteo marleat ti vaspus korun, tankam porxim borem magunk, darant ube zatat. Ladayin ani ghorant Saibinnink haddpacho vell zalo mhunn, fogotteancho ek maran lasun xezareank kolit kortat. Ani don vo odik maran lasle tor; ladain suru zali vo ghorant Saibinn pavli mhunn kolta. Ten’na matso pois aslolo xexari beg-begim dhanvun veta. Ek dis oxem ghoddlem. Sumar tinxim metr pois aslolea vaddeantlea Minguelagher donpanchea vellar, tanchea dusrea putachea batizmachi ladayin asli. Ladayin suru korpacho vell zalo mhunn, ek fogotteancho maran laslo. Hanv sotasot nheslom ani cholun tanchea ghora vetana, bisikleticher bosun ek jodi mhojea samkara tambli. “Baba, Minguelachem ghor hanga thanv, kitlem pois poddta re?”, saikolichea dhanddear boslole ostoren vicharlem. “Fogotteancho maran kanar bosta titlem pois, tache ghor asa”, hanvem zap dil’li ti aikon, dhaddlo monis challvolo. “Atanche sonstikodde ek vicharlear, dha aikunk zai” Don hozar vorsam adim China deshachea lokan fogotteo toyar kel’leo. To lok somzotalo fogotteanche vhoddlea avazar bhutam biyun vetat mhunn. Lohu lohu korun fogotteo heram desamni khasgi somorombhachea upeogi zaleo ani oxe toren Portugezan (hanv chuklo nam zalear) Gõyant haddleo ani atam kosloi somorombhak, fogotteo; vhoir tokli ubarun asa. Fogotteo ken’na ken’naim kestanvachem mhull zaunk pavta. Final harovlole ttimiche vatten fogotteo xevttun final khell jikhlole tankam pikar kortat. Magir ghe kestanv. Eleisanv jikhpi vo tachea pokxak vavurpi, virudhi mon’xachea ghorachea durgant vo ghora samkara fogotteo udoun ek vhodd marekar dusmankayechem zhadd roitat, ani fuddlem eleisanv yeo porian ragan ximpttat. Fogotteo fokot somorobhakuch vaprinant. Herui kamamni fogotteancho upeg zata. Amchea xettamni gimanchea tempar pavsavolichea purmentacho vepar roitat. Kanlgam ani her piklolo vepar khavunk kavlle yetat ten’na ek-ek korun fogotti lasun tankam poisaitat. Ambe-ponnos her follancho ibadd makodd korta ten’na, fogotteancho maran lastat. Adlea tempar makhodd biyun poll kaddtale punn atanche makhodd fogotteanchea avazar hea zhaddar thavn tea zhaddar umedin fogotteanchea avazar udkeo martat. Ani ho makddancho khell atanchea rajkarnnancho zala, oxem tonddbhor sangchem poddtta. “Baba kalsanv ghall re, baba kalsanv ghall re”, nagddea putachea fattlean dhavun, babddi avoy kalsanv ghalunk putak agro kortali. “Hanv ghalina, hanv ghalina kalsanv”, ani put netan dhanvun-dhavun avoyk tokhoitalo. Ani ti tokhun jar zatoch, mhonntali. “Kalsanv ghalina mure. Bebddo Kamil-achi bail ujea boddi ghevn, tuji fogotti lastoli. Ten’na roddum naka.” Avoyn putak xiddkailo. Kamilachi ghorkarnn Perpet, ghorant ballont zaunchea ostoreanchi adlea kallar voijin asli. Ticha hatantlean choddan chodd vaddeantle kivam ganvantlea bhurgeancho zolm zala. Bhurge por nagdde dislear tanchea nanuseak chimptto kaddun mhunntali:“he fogottek uzo launk zai”, ani chedde bhurge tika biyun benddar kalsanv choddoitale. Kamil-achi soreachi ‘tank’ kamank vechea adim ‘full’ zaunk zai asli. Tache tankint soro ghelea xivay kam’ korpak tache hat cholonasle. Zhoddov khoddpachem, narl kaddpachem, xettantlem ani her sabar kamam' to huxarkayen kortalo. Zaite duddu to zhoddtalo, punn; ord’de soreachea pompar khorchitalo. Resanv chodd zaun keddna-keddna to paddint poddun thoinch nidhtalo. Dekun, ganvchea lokan taka beddo Kamil nanv dovorlolem. Avoik sotaitolo por ghora samkara khelltalo. Tea disa Kamilache ghorkarnink koslem ragachem pixem laglolem Devak khobor. Hatant ujeachi kapoddi ghenv bebddea Kamilachea fattik lagloli. Jiv aslear bhik magin mhunn Kamil bonkak paim tenkoit dhanvtano ani tachea fattlean bhokbhoktolea ujeachi kapoddi Olympic torch kosi ghevn tachi ghorkarnn dhanvtali. Bhailean khellpi nagddo por tanchi marathon race polletana, Kamilachea benddak bandlolo tuvalo sodov zaun dhornnir poddlo, ani tuvaleacha bhitor mustaki nant teo tannem polleleo. Por akantlo. Biyun kamplo. Tannem ekuch dhanv ghorant ghatli. Aple avoy ulo marit tika sodunk laglo. Put itlo kiteak bhirantint gaborla kai? Avoychea tokler pez poddlo. Tinnem, taka ubarlo ani aple kakent ghott dorlo. Oxe toren biyepachem kharan vicharchea adinch, putan mhonntlem. “Mummy, mymmy. Mhaka begin kalsanv ghal, begin-begin ghe” Okosmat kalsanv ghalpacho putachi vinonti aikun, avoy eksarki ojeapli ani vicharlem. “Kalsanvanchi kiteak goroz baba?” “Kamil onkolachi bail vhodd ujeachi kapddi ghevn tachea fattik laglea, ani tachea fattlean dhanvun mhonnta; tuje fogottek uzo lailea xivay tum sudorchona” Lino B. Dourado
[Goanet] CII Press Release: CII Goa leads Industry to find a solution to the Reliance Power imbroglio
Dear Esteemed Members of the Media, With reference to my telecon with you yesterday and today, Request you to kindly carry the appended press release in your esteemed print and electronic Media. CII Goa leads Industry to find a solution to the Reliance Power imbroglio CII Goa had taken up the issue of the abrupt cancellation of Power by Reliance supplied to some of the industries, to the doors of the Goa Government. The delegation led by Chairman Kirit Maganlal and Atul Pai Kane met the Chief Minister on two consecutive days to find an amicable resolution to this vexed issue. Mr Maganlal informed that though they have been informed of this issue since April 2014, it decided to intervene when some of its member companies brought this up and requested the Chairman to spearhead the delegation. At the end of the meeting, Mr Maganlal informed the media that the Hon'ble Chief Minister was proactively trying to sort out the high handed attitude shown by the management of Reliance Power in trying to harass its power consumers who form an important part of the Goan Industry. The Chief Minister has assured the delegation, in the presence of the Chief Electrical Engineer and the Principal Secretary, Mr R K Srivastava, that the Government will wheel the required power needs of these industries through a negotiated deal with Reliance by using their existing TD network until the time that Reliance Power do not resume supply of the same and till the current PPA with Reliance exists. Mr Parag Joshi, Vice Chairman of CII expressed the hope that these industries would also benefit by a reduction of the tariff from the current Rs 16 per unit to less than Rs 10 per unit under this initiative taken by CII. Mr Maganlal also stated that the Chief Minister has assured that these decisions will be taken and executed before 5th June 2014. It is to be recollected that The Power purchase agreement and subsequent agreements entered by the Goa State Government with the Reliance Power Plant will end on 14th August 2014. During the first notice of shutdown issued by Reliance Power to its consumers in April 2014, CII had intervened and arranged an emergency meeting with the Power minister and Chief Engineer to prevail upon Reliance not to stop the power plant. Chronology of Events: *Reliance plant shutdown notice received from midnight of 18th April 2014 due to technical reason, this shutdown was unplanned and last minute requested by Reliance. At a high level meeting organized by CII with the Hon'ble CM, Reliance allowed arranging backup supply from their resources so that 76 industries power supply will continue. *An emergency meeting was organized by Vice Chairman CII, Parag Joshi alongwith the affected consumers in the chamber of the Power Minister, Mr Milind Naik and Chief Engineer Mr Lekshmanan on 21 April wherein it was decided to impress upon Reliance to continue allowing use of their TD network and GOG would wheel its own power through this network. It was also proposed to ask all consumers to formally apply to the Dept of Electricity for sanction of load from the GOG. *Despite use of GOG power, Reliance continued charging the consumers the contracted rate @ upto Rs 16 and with no guarantee of reliability of outages and tripping. Industry suffered due to lack of quality power and high power tariff. *CII was called in to intervene and Chairman along with Atul Pai Kane and Parag Joshi met the Hon'ble CM on 30th May requesting him to immediately intervene to solve the issue. *CII headed my Kirit Maganlal and Parag Joshi met the Hon'ble CM on 31st May once again with the CE and Principal Secretary and worked out a roadmap before 5th June to settle the issue in the interest of all these affected industry stakeholders With kind regards, John Fernandes mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in John Fernandes Membership Relations Manager - Goa State mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in Executive Officer - Goa State Office mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in Confederation of Indian Industry mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in 502, Unitech City Center, mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in M. G. Road, Panaji, Goa 403 001 mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in Tel: 0832 - 2422790 / 2422796 / 9822982979 mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in e-mail: cii@cii.in ; john.fernan...@cii.in mailto:john.fernan...@cii.in -- -- Disclaimer This message, including any files transmitted with it, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential, legally privileged or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please note that any
[Goanet] Dust in the works - your desktop.
When mine flopped recently, I thought I faced a trip to the dump. Turns out it was a case of dust build up, large hair-like clumps driven in by the fan. A friend opened the outer case, then detached a flat glass piece - about five inches - and wiped it clean. It must hold a circuit. A ten minute job. eric.
[Goanet] When crossing from Goa to India needed a visa
BOOK EXCERPT: When crossing from Goa to India needed a visa [John Menezes] As New Delhi intensified pressure on Lisbon in the 1950s to hand over its territories in Portuguese India, Goans on the move had to surmount all sorts of bureaucratic hurdles. http://scroll.in/article/665390/When-crossing-from-Goa-to-India-needed-a-visa -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in
Re: [Goanet] My SAUDADES cntd. on O HERALDO today
On 1 June 2014 02:49, Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com wrote: http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=16171boxid=165838281uid=dat=6/1/2014 RESPONSE: Nice story about your experience. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] Continuing the series on Composers. No11 Tchaikovsky.
Continuing this series.. http://www.biography.com/people/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky-9503375#awesm=~oFUS6unp8B7zR1 --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com
[Goanet] Sorting out risks of eating mercury-laden fish.
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[Goanet] Request from Selma Carvalho
Gabe and Rose, The whole of May and now evidently going into fair June, I have watched the two of you try to tear down the new book 'A Railway Runs Through: Goans of British East Africa.' In the process you have taken sniper shots at me and my friends and anyone who so much as dares to speak a word against this seemingly endless madness. I don't quite understand what the point is, that you are trying to make? Is it that I shouldn't have undertaken the project and the book? Have I misrepresented the East African Goan community in the book? Have I shown them in a poor light? All of those might have been good reasons to challenge my writing. However, the criticism is disparate, and like a blind frog without any direction. Rather a general angst that I - a non-East African Goan - has written about East Africa. Well, East Africa happens to be part of my personal family history. My grandfather laboured in Nairobi for nearly twenty years as a bank clerk between the 1910s-1930s. Much like many of your relatives, he was a pioneer Goan in Africa, and my mother's ancestral house in Goa is to this day known as 'Afrikar Ghar.' It is my profound love for my own family history which led me to investigate about a part of me which remained unknown. Is it a sin? Am I not a Goan to understand transformations which take place within Goan society wherever they may be? Are you absolutely sure that the Goan settlement in East Africa was so unique and esoteric; it has no parallel in other diaspora settlements? You might be surprised to learn the progression of Goan settlements is almost inevitably the same. If people are interested in the East Africa story now, it is in no small part because I have spent the last 6 years of my life starting with my first book, Into the Diaspora Wilderness (Goa, 1556) bringing this story back into the public consciousness. You say you don't find any parallel in the book with your own experiences in East Africa. That's fine. This is just a book, one book. If you can't find any resonance, stop reading it. Read something else. There are other books, better still write one yourself. Mine has been a labour of love. It is a bit surprising though that you found nothing to validate your experience because the book contains 16 (let me spell that out sixteen) interview extracts from people who lived in East Africa, some long, long before you came into existence. Literally hundreds of East Africans Goans have felt validated by the book. Near 500 copies have vanished in three weeks since its launch on 3 May, 2014. People have read the book and ordered more copies for their children, their parents, their families and their friends. Non-Goans have been ordering the book, Patels and Karims from Zanzibar, and English families who lived in colonial Nairobi, libraries which I have never contacted (among them the University of Toronto Library and faculty of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London) have been ordering it, and at a recent dinner held by the British Kenya administration, I am told everyone was 'talking about the Goan book.' Goans still living in East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) have written in to tell me, and I quote from a message received this morning from a prominent member of the Nairobi Goan Gymkhana, 'it has enlightened us on so many things.' I think a lot of people are finding themselves in this book. And I'm happy because above all this was a community project. Lastly, thank you for taking time to scrutinise it minutely for errors with such diligence and zeal. Since I am already in the process of getting the second print ready, tiny and insignificant as the error is, I will ensure that the amendment is made. I do wish such alacrity was shown when I was asking for volunteers for the project. Sadly none were forthcoming then. Everyone was too busy with their own lives to spend a few hours volunteering for a community project. A few of us bore the brunt of this enormous project which stretched over three years and had many firsts including the first oral project in the UK to have video recordings archived at the British Library, the first Goan seminar at the Royal Geographical Society, the first Goan genealogy workshop at Bexley archives, the first East African Goan video documentary, the first East African Goan exhibition for which Secretary of State for Business, Dr Vince Cable chose to attend and solid documentation through a book. What a pity that instead of scrutinising the book, you didn't engage in productively discussing the transformations highlighted there or the issues of gender dynamics, caste and class consciousness, the struggles in the civil service, the building of the churches, the politics, the prejudice and the pain of migration. What a sad reflection it is on Goan society that an entire month has been consumed on Goanet with such superfluous engagement of ideas. I refuse to believe that our society hasn't evolved beyond this level of discourse. That perhaps
[Goanet] [JudeSundayReflections] Pentecost Sunday
01-Jun-2014 Dear Friend, Come alive with..! Advertisements invite us to try their products, which they promise, will revitalize us. Perhaps we have tried them all only to find the promises never materialize. Yet we are forever on the lookout for something that will pep up our drooping spirits, something that will bring fresh energy into our lives. Pentecost holds out a promise given by Jesus that His Spirit will bring us new life. Have a spirit-filled weekend! -Fr. Jude Sunday Reflections: Feast of Pentecost Renewed in mind, body and Spirit 08-Jun-14 Readings: Acts 2: 1-11; Corinthians 12: 3-7; 12-13; John 20: 19-23; The first reading of today describes Pentecost, celebrated fifty days after Easter, the feast of the harvest or first fruits. Luke describes this beginning of the Church with signs and symbols of wind, sound, fire and tongues. All these symbols would not have been strange to the Jews. The Spirit of God blew over the waters at creation and breathed life. God appeared frequently in the Jewish scriptures in the form of fire. The symbol of tongues is understood as communicating a heavenly gift. The Spirit that descends on the apostles instructs, inspires, and strengthens all who receive the Spirit. The greatest gift of the Spirit is the transformation it brings in the lives of the apostles changing them from frail, frightened followers, to becoming bold and fearless witnesses of the resurrection. The Spirit makes us born again Christians. In the Front Once, a mother took a five- year-old son with her to a concert by Ignace Paderewski, the great Polish pianist. The mother and her son got their seats close to the stage. Then the mother met her old friend and got involved talking with her. She failed to notice that her son had slipped away to do some exploring. At the right time the lights dimmed and the spot light came on. Only then did the mother see her five-year-old son on the stage, sitting on the piano bench, innocently picking out Twinkle, Twinkle, Little star. Before she could retrieve her son, Paderewski walked on to the stage. Walking over to the piano, he whispered to the boy, Don't stop, keep playing. Then, leaning over the boy, Paderewski reached out his left hand and began to fill in the bass. Later, he reached around the other side of the boy and added a running obbligato. Together, the great maestro and the tiny five-year-old mesmerized the audience with their playing. The image of the great maestro and the tiny five-year-old at the piano makes a fitting image of the Holy Spirit coming upon the disciples. On the first Pentecost the Holy Spirit whispered encouragement to the disciples. The Holy Spirit transformed the feeble efforts of the disciples into something powerful. John Pichappilly in 'The Table of the Word' The Gospel from John has a brief description of the appearance of the Risen Lord to the disciples and the promise of the coming of the Holy Spirit. This is perhaps a reminder that the Resurrection and Pentecost are phases of one and the same mystery. Firstly, we are reminded that the coming of Jesus and His Spirit is solely the initiative of God and not due to our efforts, our goodness, or our prayers. Like Jesus, the Spirit comes to whomsoever he wishes to empower. Like Jesus, the Spirit breaks through any barriers we may put up out of fear. Jesus came to bring peace and reassurance to his frightened disciples: Peace be to you! His Spirit comes to fill us with his peace and joy. Today's gospel ends on a note of forgiveness. When Jesus comes into our life, he renews and recreates us and we are assured of his forgiveness. The Holy Spirit comes to confirm the merciful forgiveness of God. Though the Spirit can come of its own free will into our lives, God's spirit does not force its way into our lives. We are called to receive and welcome the Spirit in our lives. Secondly, the reception of the Spirit is tied to forgiveness given and received. In the Holy Spirit we are forgiven and in the power of the Holy Spirit we can forgive anyone who has caused us harm. A Living Message Vincent Van Gogh was not always an artist. In fact, he wanted to be a church pastor and was even sent to the Belgian mining community of Borinage in 1879. He discovered that the miners there endured deplorable working conditions and poverty-level wages. Their families were malnourished and struggled simply to survive. He felt concerned that the small stipend he received from the church allowed him a moderate lifestyle, which, in contrast to the poor, seemed unfair. One cold February evening, while he watched the miners trudging home, he spotted an old man staggering toward him across the fields, wrapped in a burlap sack for warmth. Van Gogh immediately laid his own clothing out on the bed, set aside enough for one change, and determined to give the rest away. He gave the old man a suit of clothes and he gave his
Re: [Goanet] My SAUDADES cntd. on O HERALDO today
Alfred de Tavares provides link to ; http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=16171boxid=165838281uid=dat=6/1/2014 Thanks for sharing that. Brings back memories of that old codger Xeldenkar in his hybrid outfit and the Abade Faria days. 1962 was a very important year. I think we survived, moved on and the good thing is we can look back with saudades. Best Regards, E. DeSousa
[Goanet] Fwd: Song for the day....
Nice sunny day here in London we should hit 20 C or more! The More I See You By Julie London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3v8PzlPNvI g -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] The importance of dates (Response to Eddie Fernandes)
Dear Eddie Once upon a time when Fort Jesus in Mombasa, Kenya was a garrison under the jurisdication of the governance of Goa there will have been Portuguese troops and their Goan dames with off spring settled in Mombasa. Until the garrison was overrun by Omani troops who massacared all the white Portuguese sparing the rest, hence probably the first settlement of Goans was in Mombasa. I am sorry I do not have any dates for this as it will be a period before The Book A Railway Runs Through. If you agree, dates are very important, especially on historical and official documents relating from birth to death of our species hence birthdays, anniversaries are celebrated in a civilised society. There has been so much noise in the library I have yet to start reading The Book but with all the comments I feel I have already read it. The World Cup is just round the corner in a country that is the seventh richest in the world and has its ties, language and culture from Portugal, part of which is shared by our Goa. Goa is still blessed as ladies can walk in 2014 to church with their gold necklaces and bangles I doubt that this can be done in Rio or most other countries today. Now to explain the material importance of dates in just very few examples. The date when the World Cup starts this year is important The date when the Olympics started was important The date when you were born is important The date when you married is important The date of your retirement is important The date of your flight is important The date on your cheque is important The date when your salary is paid each month is important None of these can have any TYPO errors as you have informed the world wide audience on goanet as Public Relations Officer of this project - this is a Historical document of our people in East Africa, not a fictional story book. We are all human and mistakes can occur. Our world is made up of numbers, letters, colours and chinese bead counters, shapes and symbols, the essential instruments for life. Melvyn Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 1 June 2014
Re: [Goanet] No Goan Canecos in British East Africa (Response by Rose Fernandes to Eddie Fernandes)
On 31 May 2014 17:18, Eddie Fernandes eddie.fernan...@gmail.com wrote: RESPONSE: Rose, Please, instead of getting your new best friend to write on your behalf, can we have the answer from the horse's mouth? Eddie Fernandes RESPONSE: I wrote as I saw it, no prompting from Rose. This unlike the post that was written by Teotonio R. De Souza on behalf of his friend who keeps his book by her bedside. Rose is more than capable of answering for herself if she chooses. -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] District Commissioners of Marsabit in 1950 (Response to Eddie Fernandes from Rose Fernandes)
Dear Eddie In case you are working your way to becoming my third best friend, unfortunately these friendships are only extended to those who, in my humble opinion, have a certain kind of intelligence. In my goanet posting, you were given all the necessary links and I asked for your assistance as to who was or who were the district commissioners of Marsabit in 1950? As is always the case with you, instead of seeking to provide me with answers to my questions in a professional manner as a Public Relations official of this project, you have provided me with everything else. Under a separate posting to you, Melvyn has written an idiots guide highlighting the importance of dates and the material difference they make in historical documents. It is also remarkable of you to expect my comments on the static exhibition to extend to the book there is a big material difference between the two, even if they are on the same topic. For the record, Selma bhai is still my first best friend, she has written A Railway Runs Through based on the stories she has been told or given by those who lived in East Africa. If my smile appears to others when in a photograph or in real life to be sardonic, so be it, they are entitled to write and say what they like in the same way that you and I are entitled to say and write what we like living in a democratic and free society. Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 1 June 2014
[Goanet] Fwd: http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/iikForum/threadView.aspx?ID=113575 - goan house maid killed by her sponser n brot her body to show her sister also dies of heart attack.
goan house maid killed by her sponser n brot her body to show her sister also dies of heart attack. *posted by* hussein Saab Goan housemaid was murdered by her employer, in salwa, and took her body to show her sister working another kuwaity's house,tells sister to collect meat brought meat which is in the car, her sister too dies when she sees her dead sisters body.why wasnt the news published? goan house maid killed by her sponser n brot her body to show her sister also dies of heart attack. *posted by* hussein Saab Goan housemaid was murdered by her employer, in salwa, and took her body to show her sister working another kuwaity's house,tells sister to collect meat brought meat which is in the car, her sister too dies when she sees her dead sisters body.why wasnt the news published? goan house maid killed by her sponser n brot her body to show her sister also dies of heart attack. *posted by* hussein Saab Goan housemaid was murdered by her employer, in salwa, and took her body to show her sister working another kuwaity's house,tells sister to collect meat brought meat which is in the car, her sister too dies when she sees her dead sisters body.why wasnt the news published? http://www.indiansinkuwait.com/iikForum/threadView.aspx?ID=113575 goan house maid killed by her sponser n brot her body to show her sister also dies of heart attack. @tp, you r wrong, its not rumours, its true, the child drank clorex while the maid was busy and felt unconscious, the father took the child to hospital but the child died on the way,he came back and took the maid to salwa, and butchered her head and legs, and brought her back and put the body parts in the dicky,this poor maids had sister working with her in the same house who was new to kuwait,came just 15days before,the sponsor told her to bring the meat which is there in the dicky,she went to the dicky and was shocked to see the body parts of her sister, she died on the spot seeing her dead bodys sister, cant believe any humans can commit such an act, and our embassy and politicans back in goa will do nothing to get justice for this poor sisters,i hope this news spread fast and may justice prevail upon -- DEV BOREM KORUM Gabe Menezes.
[Goanet] A thanks giving song
Normin Fernandes is a Goan singer, songwriter and ex-alcoholic. The AA saved him in the early 90's and he now celebrates twenty years of complete sobriety. Here's his song in thanksgiving: http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=11683372
[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Trailing the Tongue (Wendell Rodricks)
TRAILING THE TONGUE By Wendell Rodricks wendellrodri...@gmail.com The mango groves stretch for miles along the coast. In the hot, humid month of May, Maharashtra sizzles on the Deccan plateau. But here, near the sea, in Ratnagiri, a cool breeze blows the luscious perfume of the world's best mango, the Alphonso, through the palms and well tended orchards. Then suddenly, wafting on the wind, I hear it. The lilting melodious sound of my ancestral language. Yes, it is Konkani indeed. There are few local words that I do not understand. I speak to the man in my native tongue. He is a Konkan Brahmin, he tells me. And his dialect of Konkani is called Chintapawani. We bond in an ancient brotherhood of the Konkan coast. It happens to me everywhere on this coastal strip. Further South, the people of Malvan speak Malvani, Goans speak Gomantaki, Tipu Sultan's influence has resulted in Konkani with Urdu words in places as far flung as Mysore, Coorg, Srirangapatna and even in Calicut, I was astonished to hear Konkani in a jewellery shop. There were some Malayalam and Tulu words thrown in. The owner recognised me and spoke in Konkani at length. How his family left Goa twice...in the 13th century fleeing the forces of Alauddin Khilji and later escaping the horrors of the Portuguese Inquisition in 1560. There have been Konkan people here always. Before the Malabar coast, this was the Konkan coast. Surely, he was misinformed? I had never heard of this. But let me take you home for lunch and share more about our common lineage. Over lunch that comprised steamed red rice, a fish curry and local pickle, I realised that it was not just language but food that was also common. So I set about discovering the Konkan coast... with my tongue. Through language and food. Dr. Krishnanand Kamat, has a website that recounts the history of the Konkan. The seven kingdoms of the Konkan, as per Hindu mythology, mentioned in the Hindu history of Kashmir, included the entire west coast of India. The Pandavas of the Mahabharata, Lord Krishna, the Goddess Durga and later the Mauryas, the Marathas, the Muslims from the plateau and the Portuguese arrived on the coast. Due to the pious nature of the people this strip of land by the sea has many temples with people faithful to 'their' temple Gods. Annual pilgrimages all over the Konkan are common and the events surrounding them colourful and festive. The capital of the Konkan is supposedly Chandrapur. Is this the present village of Chandor in Goa? The Konkan coast may have vanished today, but the Konkani language lives on. You can hear it in Karwar, Ankola and Kumta-Honavar. Away from the Mangalore coast, in the valley of Siddapur, I attended a wedding where villagers from far and wide spoke fluent Konkani. The Nawayatis of Bhatkal speak melodiously with Persian words. This did not surprise me. In Goa, the famous Chapora fort area was occupied by Persians. The ancient name was Shahpura, the town of the Shah of Persia. I settle down to a breakfast in Karnataka with a Konkani family. Steaming 'undi' rice balls flavoured with ginger, curry leaf, chilli and coconut appear. They have a delicious sweetness as well. Is it local molasses? This addition of a sweet ingredient in savoury or spicy dishes is popular from Gujarat to Kerala. There are other commonalities. The simple broths made with lentils, the humble dishes using local bananas, rice and vegetables. Here, in what was once Canara, a region of the Konkan, sour Ambat and fiery Prawn Gassi find common ground with the hot and sour Ambotik shark curry and the spicy Portuguese influenced pork vindaloo of Goa. Rice is a staple. It is powdered, ground to a paste, steamed, fried or cooked as is. The neer dosas, the idlis, the sannas, all rice preparations, grace most Konkani tables in their various avatars. Fruits like bananas, jackfruits, cashew nut, mango and sour kokum flavour dishes in numerous ways. Mangoes are eaten raw in water pickles, ripe as dessert and sun dried when raw as a souring ingredient. With a limited range of spices such as turmeric, asafoetida, cumin, mustard, fenugreek, chilli and pepper a wondrous array of Konkani cuisine has evolved over the years. Local ingredients are abundant due to the landscape that permit agriculture during the torrential rains that lash the coast in the monsoon and the fertile earth that makes it easy to grow crops. On my trail of the tongue for language and food, I discovered a rare natural phenomenon. Along the entire Konkani coast, near the ocean and on islands in the Arabian Sea, there are natural spring wells with fresh water. While in Arambol, Goa, a fresh water lake almost touches the ocean, the Fort Aguada derives its name from this natural wonder.
[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] iPhone
Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'iPhone' Uniting babes the world over. You may view the latest post at http://www.parrikar.com/blog/2014/06/01/iphone/ Best regards, Rajan P. Parrikar parri...@yahoo.com
[Goanet] Time for new committee at Goa Football Association
Time for new committee at Goa Football Association http://armstrongvaz.blogspot.com/2014/06/time-for-new-committee-at-goa-football.html
[Goanet] Goa news for June 2, 2014
Goa News from Google News and Goanet.org Visit http://www.goanet.org/newslinks.php for the full stories. *** Fare play: After AirAsia, Indigo offers tickets at Re1 on Bangalore-Goa route - Daily News Analysis -aviation/AirAsia-Indias-maiden-flight-on-Bangalore-Goa-route/articleshow/35772380.cmsAirAsia India's maiden flight on Bangalore-Goa route http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNEAi43JZT00rRHK8qbfeZiRJYLPfQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778519633290ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-fare-play-after-airasia-indigo-offers-tickets-at-re1-on-bangalore-goa-route-1992698 *** Will ensure resumption of mining in Goa: MoEF Javadekar - Firstpost ear-old mining ban in Goa, mining is unlikely to start in the immediate future. While the state government has to draft a mining policy and grant leases afresh, the MoEF will also play a major role ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNH9aGhA5VAjvXIuomJF2sldM-6v-gclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778523003824ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/will-ensure-resumption-of-mining-in-goa-moef-javadekar-1551333.html *** Air Asia's Goa-Bangalore fare: Rs 291 - Times of India angalore flight on June 12. The return flight on the route the same day is slightly more expensive #148; Rs 490 per ticket (all inclusive) #148; as ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNGawvqyuUI9uIOlQYCMyLI1k4gj3wclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778522478627ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Air-Asias-Goa-Bangalore-fare-Rs-291/articleshow/35868440.cms *** Goa to file objection plea to M'rashtra's Virdi dam - Herald Publications ay-Karnataka-completes-plugging-Kalsa-canal-vents/articleshow/35860725.cmsDeadline day: Karnataka completes plugging Kalsa canal vents http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFnjYHCyE3J9LZdlAvxmk52JE5OgQclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778522499950ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://oheraldo.in/News/Main%20Page%20News/Goa-to-file-objection-plea-to-M-rsquo-rashtra-rsquo-s-Virdi-dam/89341.html *** IT firm Persistent Systems expands Goa centre - Economic Times ndia operations and with the latest expansion, the share is likely to grow further. The Pune-based company, which specialises in software product ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNF95cUqc-ITSQlRkurW4QPQegQHjwclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778521798684ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/ites/it-firm-persistent-systems-expands-goa-centre/articleshow/35833793.cms *** Old Goa locals oppose CCP's Bainguinim plan - Times of India mes of IndiaPANAJI: A plan of the corporation of the city of Panaji (CCP) to seek the status of an industrial zone for the site of the proposed garbage treatment plant at Bainguinim was opposed by Old Goa villagers on Sunday. A special gram sabha had been convened ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHmYINRVxwrZyRUBeKAeBzqYgh2kAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Old-Goa-locals-oppose-CCPs-Bainguinim-plan/articleshow/35912898.cms *** Rs 291 for an air ticket from Goa to Bangalore, Air Asia forces others to follow - Times of India ll taxes inclusive. The return flight, from Bangalore ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNHC18faWGV6s4GIExikIzRpYqIagAclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Rs-291-for-an-air-ticket-from-Goa-to-Bangalore-Air-Asia-forces-others-to-follow/articleshow/35859842.cms *** Persistent opens new Goa office - Hindu Business Line ndu Business LineWe have been in Goa since 2005 and have over 400 employees working on next generation technology areas viz. social, mobile, analytics, and cloud. We are very pleased with the work ethics and the capabilities of the Goa team and with the new building ...a class= http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=tfd=Rct2=ususg=AFQjCNFeqiR8nYVM8ZT5C7e2TOYTP9Hv1gclid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331cid=52778520595545ei=ereLU_jUKs3jgQem4IDgAQurl=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/persistent-opens-new-goa-office/article6072399.ece *** Will a Goa Haat succeed the way the one in Delhi has? - Times of India mes of IndiaIf we have something on this scale and grandeur, then it's a big thumbs up to the state. But if Goa Haat is exclusively for Goan artisans alone, than we may as well upgrade our Aparanta Handicraft emporiums and hope tourists will at least accidentally ...a class=
Re: [Goanet] My SAUDADES cntd. on O HERALDO today
Bwana Chacha, What a story! It so easily transported me to another time and place. My congrats and thanks for sharing this with us. Starting from the the mid-1960's, Tanzania went mad with its own version of socialism. As pre-teens, we were forced to buy Chinese supplied Khaki uniforms and were taught to march in goose-step etc. etc. Every time they celebrated Independence Day at the national stadium, your truly was marching in front of the President. The story I really want to hear from the horse's mouth though is how you found Olof Palme's bullet. Maybe one of these days? Mervyn From: Alfred de Tavares alfredtava...@hotmail.com To: GOANET Lists goanet@lists.goanet.org; goa...@goanet.org goa...@goanet.org Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2014 9:49:45 PM Subject: [Goanet] My SAUDADES cntd. on O HERALDO today http://www.epaperoheraldo.in/Details.aspx?id=16171boxid=165838281uid=dat=6/1/2014
[Goanet] IS THE JUDICIARY ALSO IN JEOPARDY?
On Saturday May 31st the North Goa MP and Union Tourism Minister Shripad Naik hosted a thanks giving dinner at a Panaji starred hotel for his BJP Ministers, MLA’s and party office bearers. A staff of this hotel informs me that at the sumptuous dinner Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar was heard assuring and reassuring BJP leader Anil Hoble about his firm resolve to get rid of the National Green Tribunal (NGT). Anil Hoble has been issued a notice by the NGT on account of his controversial Bar Restaurant allegedly built in CRZ violation on the Ribandar – Panaji causeway. Anil Hoble by flexing his political muscles had managed a clean chit from the Goa CRZ authorities but social activist Kashinath Shetye and others have now rightly taken up the matter with the NGT. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar’s very intent to wind up the NGT is ridiculous and outrageous. A gross abuse of power. It is a direct interference in the administration of justice. When you cannot get your own appointee or palatable orders would such cunning strategy of abolishing the tribunal itself be the new methodology of this regime which had promised good and transparent governance. The National Green Tribunal was established on 18.10.2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act 2010 for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources including enforcement of any legal right relating to environment and giving relief and compensation for damages to persons and property. New Delhi is the Principal Place of Sitting of this National Green Tribunal while Bhopal, Pune, Kolkata and Chennai are the other four places of sitting of the Tribunal. Cases pertaining to Goa are heard by the Pune Bench headed by Retired Bombay High Court Justice V.R. Kingaonkar. In his wildest dream Manohar Parrikar will never be able to wind up the NGT. So he may now go all out to get rid of the current bench at Pune. So if Justice Kingaonkar is transferred or eased out, we know who the culprit is. If a bench is established in Goa, less said the better. Shame on you, Mr. CM for paying scant respect to judicial institutions and for your uncalled interference in their working. This is surely not the first time that Manohar Parrikar has considered the judiciary a thorn in his flesh. The very concept of judicial independence requires that the judiciary be kept away from the other branches of government. Courts at all levels should not be subject to any improper influence from the other branches of government or from private and partisan interests. Judicial Independence is vital and crucial to the enshrined concept of separation of powers. May better sense prevail in Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires
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Re: [Goanet] District Commissioners of Marsabit in 1950 (Response to Eddie Fernandes from Rose Fernandes)
Rose, Believe me I tried to answer your question about district commissioners of Marsabit in 1950 and researched the background but was stumped because I could not find any record, as indicated by you, of Gerard Montfort Bess or any Terta District in the Coast Province of Kenya. So I seek your enlightenment to enable me to continue the quest. I have no expectation at all from you at all about the book but I am relieved that you have confirmed that your review of the Project Exhibition was not sardonic as indicated by your friend who has earned the sobriquet of German Whisky. I am amazed that you should have chosen Melvyn to write to me about the importance of dates since he wrote on 26 April 2013 that “18 May this year will be the 100 Anniversary of World War One”. But you were prescient enough to call his contribution an idiots guide Best wishes, Eddie Fernandes -Original Message- From: Rose Fernandes Dear Eddie ... In my goanet posting, you were given all the necessary links and I asked for your assistance as to who was or who were the district commissioners of Marsabit in 1950? ... ...Under a separate posting to you, Melvyn has written an idiots guide highlighting the importance of dates ... It is also remarkable of you to expect my comments on the static exhibition to extend to the book there is a big material difference between the two ...
Re: [Goanet] Request from Selma Carvalho
For Selma: Well stated though your reasoning my be, it has always been my view that there is no benefit to shaming the shameless. Their replies will prove me. Roland. Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
[Goanet] Ronald Reagan is alive in India
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[Goanet] Request from Selma Carvalho (Response to Selma Carvalho via Eddie Fernandes from Rose Fernandes)
Dear Eddie Perhaps you would be kind enough to can pass on the following response to Selma Carvalho as she has chosen to write to me and Gabe on goanet through your office: Quote Dear Selma First of all may I politely remind you that it was your doddery interface with EAST AFRICAN Goan people that led you to bid a fond farewell to goanet. Are we all now to shop for welcome back banners and Rose wine? Secondly, may I politely remind you that during the course of the project, you and your Public Relations Officer gloated to everyone on goanet the high level of popularity this project was receiving and the great enthusiasm shown by volunteers on the project. In fact at one stage when Melvyn was questioning aspects of your project, your Public Relations Officer wrote to him saying he was losing his credibility. Of course, Melvyn did the needful and replied back with one word incredible. It has therefore come as a surprise to me to see you write in this post a few of us bore the brunt of this enormous project which stretched over three years. Perhaps now that the project has concluded, in between taking your book to market, you will find some time to dig out these goanet posts and refresh your memory. Thirdly, may I politely remind you that Melvyn wrote privately to you offering his assistance in marketing your book and he heard nothing further from you. Fourthly, I would like to point out to you that if I spent my valuable time scrutinising every line in your book, I would not have time for anything else in my life. To tell you the honest truth, I picked out just ONE line in your book which is meant to be a historical document NOT a fictional novel, this was the line District Commissioner Wyndham Wild, Marsabit, 1950 and it came to light then that this was not the case in that year. The reason for that was I doing a search as to find out how many Goans lived in that region at that time. Interestingly, I came across one document that recorded early years to 1950, in the Marsabit township in 1929 only 1 Goan lived there and by 1935 it had gone up to 5 Goans. I guess there would have been an increase in the number of Goans in the years that followed. If the issues of gender dynamics, caste and class consciousness, the struggles in the civil service, the building of the churches, the politics, the prejudice and the pain of migration had affected our community so very much, surely they would have packed up their bags and left East Africa and gone back to the paradise of Goa after just a few years! If you really analyse these issues, we still face them today, do you see many of us packing up our suitcases and move permanently to Goa? Once again, I repeat, we did have our struggles and face discrimination, one of the major hazards were tropical diseases particularly malaria but I can honestly say that most of those who lived around me had a life full of community spirit, laughter, fun, helping each other and were more than capable of rising above everything and living life to the full with our never ending picnics, drive in cinemas, dances, sports, childrens plays, etc. etc. My father the majority of the time (sometimes he was strict) was a happy jolly man with a tremendous sense of humour and great love of life and travel, as a child I remember constantly packing up the car to go here there and everywhere. Again, I repeat, those who found their life unbearable and like hell always had the opportunity of doing something about it and returning back to Goa and if they did not do this when they had this opportunity, it is now too late to complain! You have written about interview extracts from people who lived in East Africa, some long, long before I came into existence. May I also politely remind you that I spent the most formative years of my life in Mombasa, Kenya during the period you have headlined in your book so I am expecting this book to cover not only my story but all those of my generation. As I have indicated, I have seen no parallel as yet in the pages I have read and hope this may come in the following chapters of the book. It is good to hear that your book is moving fast, fast and may not need the strong publicity engine of goanet, perhaps you can share the secret of your success with other struggling authors in getting their book sold and read. Finally, we are now on the same hymn sheet, I too refuse to believe some of the writings you post on other social media that inadvertently turn up on goanet, I would have expected you to have evolved beyond that, that too to me is a tragedy. Rose Unquote Thank you Eddie for passing this message on. Rose Fernandes Thornton Heath, Surrey, United Kingdom 1 June 2014
[Goanet] Way to go Selma !!!!
So glad to see Selma finally bell the cat ! All those ludicrous comments about her book, which I and many others have found to be excellent reading. Nitpicking, crab mentality is known to be the hallmark of Goans and this was proved by the unending criticism. To me it was pure jealousy that gave rise to the vicious non-constructive criticism and sarcasm. Hopefully, Selma' has put things straight and shown us that she too has roots in East Africa. Selma is to be lauded for all the research that went into collecting facts for the book. I for one am on Selma's side. Want to level criticism at me, go ahead. I have broad shoulders and am not afriaid of cowardly attacks.
Re: [Goanet] Goanet Reader: Trailing the Tongue (Wendell Rodricks)
I have said this before and I am going to say it once again. After reading something that Wendell has written, I feel that he missed his vocation. He should have been a journalist/writer. Mervyn From: Goanet Reader goanetrea...@gmail.com TRAILING THE TONGUE By Wendell Rodricks wendellrodri...@gmail.com The mango groves stretch for miles along the coast. In the hot, humid month of May, Maharashtra sizzles on the Deccan plateau. But here, near the sea, in Ratnagiri, a cool breeze blows the luscious perfume of the world's best mango, the Alphonso, through the palms and well tended orchards. Then suddenly, wafting on the wind, I hear it. The lilting melodious sound of my ancestral language. Yes, it is Konkani indeed. There are few local words that I do not understand.
[Goanet] Goa to honor 18th century hypnotist Catholic priest
http://mattersindia.com/goa-to-honor-18th-century-hypnotist-catholic-priest/ Goa to honor 18th century hypnotist Catholic priest Published: 7:09 pm, June 1, 2014 Story By: mattersindia.com reporter Margao: Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has promised to launch projects to honor an 18th century Catholic monk, who pioneered the scientific study of hypnotism. Abbe Faria was born in 1756 as José Custódio de Faria at Candolim, a town in north Goa, near the famous Calangute beach. He died a Catholic monk in 1819 in Paris. He undertook the study of hypnotism after a suggestion from his father cured his stage fright. Hypnotism is now widely used for pain management and emotional trauma therapy. The revolutionary priest had spent years in France’s infamous prison, Chateau d’If, in solitary confinement for taking part in revolution. During the imprisonment, he steadily trained himself using techniques of self-suggestion. Om May 31, the priest’s 358th birth anniversary, Parrikar said “a lot” has to be done to honor prominent Goans such as Abbe Faria. The Goenkarachem Daiz, an association founded to preserve the Goan culture, organized the commemorative program in association with the Indian Psychiatric Society (West Zone) at Ravindra Bhavan, in Margao, Goa’s commercial capital. The organizers submitted Parrikar several demands such as naming the Institute of Psychiatry and Human Behaviour (IPHB) after Abbe Faria, setting up of a chair in his name at the psychology department at Goa University, establishment of a museum at Abba Faria’s house at Candolim, launching a mental health counseling center at Colvale and releasing a 10-rupee coin and postage stamp celebrating the life of Abbe Faria. “I am giving a blanket assurance, but I will have to study the demands put forward at a separate meeting. I don’t see much difficulty in implementing the same and I feel there is a lot to do be done to honor several other prominent Goans who have made significant contributions to society,” Parrikar said. Parrikar urged the organizers to make the anniversary function an annual event. De la Cause du Sommeil Lucidea, a book originally authored in French by Abbe Faria and now translated in to English by Manohar Sardesai, was released on the occasion. Goa Speaker Rajendra Arelkar released a souvenir at the function where a documentary on the life and works of Faria was screened. Abbe Faria was the son of Caetano Vitorino de Faria and Rosa Maria de Sousa. The father was a descendent of Anantha Shenoy, a Goud Saraswat Brahmin, who converted to Christianity in the 16th century. His parents separated because of “irreconcilable differences” and obtained the Church’s dispensation. Caetano rejoined the seminary that he had discontinued to get married. His mother joined the St. Monica Convent in Old Goa and went on to become its prioress. When Faria was 15, his father took him to Lisbon, the Portuguese capital, and after a year convinced King Joseph I to send them to Rome so that the father could earn a doctorate in theology and the son to study for priesthood. Eventually, the son too earned his doctorate. He dedicated his thesis to Portuguese Queen Mary I, and another study on the Holy Spirit to the Pope. An impressed Pope invited him to preach a sermon in the Sistine Chapel that he attended. When Abbe Faria returned to Lisbon the nuncio informed the queen about the Pope’s honor to him. So, she too invited him to preach to her in her chapel. But the young priest was tongue-tied on seeing the assembly. At that moment his father, who sat below the pulpit, whispered to him in Konkani: Hi sogli baji; cator re baji (they are all vegetables, cut the vegetables). Jolted, the son lost his fear and preached fluently. The priest often wondered how a mere phrase from his father could alter his state of mind so radically as to wipe off his stage fright in a second. The question had far reaching consequences in his life. Abbe Faria followed the work of Franz Mesmer, who claimed hypnosis was mediated by “animal magnetism.” However, the Catholic monk taught that hypnosis worked purely by the power of suggestion and introduced oriental hypnosis to Paris. The monk was one of the first to depart from the theory of the “magnetic fluid” and highlight the importance of suggestion and to demonstrate the existence of “autosuggestion.” He also established that nervous sleep belongs to the natural order. He changed the terminology of mesmerism. Previously, the focus was on the “concentration” of the subject. In Abbe Faria’s terminology the operator became “the concentrator” and somnambulism was viewed as lucid sleep. The method of hypnosis he used was command, following expectancy. The theory of Abbé Faria is now known as Fariism. Wikipedia quotes Mikhail Buyanov, president of the Moscow Psychotherapeutic Academy, hailing the Goan priest as a great and fearless person who fought for truth “rather than for his place at the vanity fair.”
[Goanet] FUGOTEANCHO KAM
Mujo Senhor Lino Dourado, Anick eunk kobor tumkam aum dita. Hi amchea political godnim zaleli. chezari rapta 50 metrak ani to fugotecho maran marunc suru keli ani aum rocklo bair sorrun eulo somsun ek ladin or saibin zata munon mat rockench majem calsaum galun laglo tea chezarea gara koden vospak , laguim pauta tendam maka gomlem ki euo fugotem nuim saibininc noim ladainch, mas euo fuggpteo asleo amchea Modi bab amcho prime minister zalo munon and BJP asleanlean Goem power eilo munon. Aum rokdlo maji vapus majea gharan eun taglo. Ani dusre sazari heo fugoteo marunc lagle and tankam sanglem , are baba uzo pedlear amchea gadanan annvem fire brigade hadchi podteli. Te badlem bilem and bond kelem amchea derar fugoteo marpak. Hoxim godnim asta hea fugoteanchi, ek ej paut tem kam borem kortat and todea velar vait zaun chekta.Dusmanack heo fugotem vait korunc chekta and tankam bejear korpak todo amcho lok heo fugoteo vapurtat. Tum ixt and goencho bhav stephen Dias rauta D.Paulan. Message: 11 Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 20:59:00 -0700 (PDT) From: lino dourado libado23...@yahoo.com To: Estb. 1994! Goa's Premiere Mailing List goanet@lists.goanet.org Subject: [Goanet] Aitaracheo Katkutleo: Fogotteank Uzo Laitana SintidanLaicho Message-ID: 1401595140.32680.yahoomail...@web140702.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Fogotteank Uzo Laitana Sintidan Laicho ? Fogotteo marinastana kosloi somorombh amchea?G?yant?zaina. Festam-kazram ani her somorombh gonngonnant kortolo?zalear fogotteanchi poili goroz. Fogotteancho avaz zalea xivay tea-tea fugsavank dom disonam. Zolmolea balkachem yenem fogotteamni suru zata. Naka sokoilem ghonntole, ganvantle konnanchea ghorant kosle kharanank lagon fogotteo marleat ti vaspus korun, tankam porxim borem magunk, darant ube zatat. Ladayin ani ghorant Saibinnink haddpacho vell zalo mhunn, fogotteancho ek maran lasun xezareank kolit kortat. Ani don vo odik maran lasle tor; ladain suru zali vo ghorant Saibinn pavli mhunn kolta. Ten?na matso pois aslolo xexari beg-begim dhanvun veta. Ek dis oxem ghoddlem. Sumar tinxim metr pois aslolea vaddeantlea Minguelagher donpanchea vellar, tanchea dusrea putachea batizmachi ladayin asli. Ladayin suru korpacho vell zalo mhunn, ek fogotteancho maran laslo. Hanv sotasot nheslom ani cholun tanchea ghora vetana, bisikleticher bosun ek jodi mhojea samkara tambli. ?Baba, Minguelachem ghor hanga thanv, kitlem pois poddta re??, saikolichea dhanddear boslole ostoren vicharlem. ?Fogotteancho maran kanar bosta titlem pois, tache ghor asa?, hanvem zap dil?li ti aikon, dhaddlo monis challvolo. ?Atanche sonstikodde ek vicharlear, dha aikunk zai? Don hozar vorsam adim China deshachea lokan fogotteo toyar kel?leo. To lok somzotalo fogotteanche vhoddlea avazar bhutam biyun vetat mhunn. Lohu lohu korun fogotteo heram desamni khasgi somorombhachea upeogi zaleo ani oxe toren Portugezan (hanv chuklo nam zalear) G?yant haddleo ani atam kosloi somorombhak, fogotteo; vhoir tokli ubarun asa. Fogotteo ken?na ken?naim kestanvachem mhull zaunk pavta.?Final?harovlole ttimiche vatten fogotteo xevttun?final?khell jikhlole tankam pikar kortat. Magir ghe kestanv. Eleisanv jikhpi vo tachea pokxak vavurpi, virudhi mon?xachea ghorachea durgant vo ghora samkara fogotteo udoun ek vhodd marekar dusmankayechem zhadd roitat, ani fuddlem eleisanv yeo porian ragan ximpttat. Fogotteo fokot somorobhakuch vaprinant. Herui kamamni fogotteancho upeg zata. Amchea xettamni gimanchea tempar pavsavolichea purmentacho vepar roitat. Kanlgam ani her piklolo vepar khavunk kavlle yetat ten?na ek-ek korun fogotti lasun tankam poisaitat. Ambe-ponnos her follancho ibadd makodd korta ten?na, fogotteancho maran lastat. Adlea tempar makhodd biyun poll kaddtale punn atanche makhodd fogotteanchea avazar hea zhaddar thavn tea zhaddar umedin fogotteanchea avazar udkeo martat. Ani ho makddancho khell atanchea rajkarnnancho zala, oxem tonddbhor sangchem poddtta. ?Baba kalsanv ghall re, baba kalsanv ghall re?, nagddea putachea fattlean dhavun, babddi avoy kalsanv ghalunk putak agro kortali. ?Hanv ghalina, hanv ghalina kalsanv?, ani put netan dhanvun-dhavun avoyk tokhoitalo. Ani ti tokhun jar zatoch, mhonntali. ?Kalsanv ghalina mure. Bebddo Kamil-achi bail ujea boddi ghevn, tuji fogotti lastoli. Ten?na roddum naka.? Avoyn putak xiddkailo. Kamilachi ghorkarnn Perpet, ghorant ballont zaunchea ostoreanchi adlea kallar voijin asli. Ticha hatantlean choddan chodd vaddeantle kivam??ganvantlea bhurgeancho zolm zala. Bhurge por nagdde dislear tanchea nanuseak chimptto kaddun mhunntali:?he fogottek uzo launk zai?,?ani chedde bhurge tika biyun benddar kalsanv choddoitale. Kamil-achi soreachi ?tank? kamank vechea adim ?full? zaunk zai asli. Tache tankint soro ghelea xivay kam? korpak tache hat cholonasle. Zhoddov khoddpachem, narl kaddpachem, xettantlem ani her sabar kamam' to huxarkayen kortalo. ?Zaite duddu to zhoddtalo, punn; ord?de soreachea pompar khorchitalo. Resanv chodd
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